Bácsbokod

Bácsbokod

Bikić, Wikitsch
Bácsbokod Bikić, Wikitsch
Large village
	Coat of arms
	Interactive map of Bácsbokod
	Bácsbokod Location of Bácsbokod in Hungary
	Coordinates: 46°07′19″N 19°09′32″E / 46.1219°N 19.1589°E
Country	Hungary
County	Bács-Kiskun
District	Bácsalmás
Area
• Total	63.93 km2 (24.68 sq mi)
Population (2015)
• Total	2,567
• Density	40.15/km2 (104.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	6453
Area code	(+36) 79

Bácsbokod (Croatian: Bikić; German: Wikitsch) is a large village and municipality in Bács-Kiskun County, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. The Danube River (River Duna) flows 20 kilometers to the west of the village.^[1]

History

At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, Jews lived in Bácsbokod.^[2] In 1910, 29 Jews lived in Bácsbokod, Some of them were murdered in the Holocaust.^[3]

Geography

It covers an area of 63.93 km² (25 sq mi) and has a population of about 3101 people.^[1]

Demography

Existing ethnicities:

Magyars – 97%
Germans – 2%
Croats – 0.68%
Serbs, Romani, Bunjevci other – 0.32%

References

1 2 "Bácsbokod" Archived 15 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine. National and historical symbols of Hungary (An official site of the Hungarian Government). Retrieved 12 February 2010.
↑ Hungarian Jewish census
↑ Documentation of the village's Jews murdered in the Holocaust

External links

Media related to Bácsbokod at Wikimedia Commons

Official website in Hungarian

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[hungary.hu-1] 1 2 "Bácsbokod" Archived 15 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine. National and historical symbols of Hungary (An official site of the Hungarian Government). Retrieved 12 February 2010.

[2] Hungarian Jewish census

[3] Documentation of the village's Jews murdered in the Holocaust

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